The Deep

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2019
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The short novel describes the underwater eutopian society that develop when pregnant women were thrown or jumped overboard from slave ships in the middle passage. An “Afterword” by Diggs, Hutson, and Snipes (157-63) explains the evolution of the work from its origins in the techno-electro duo Drexciya and their collaborators, followed by the song “The Deep” by the band clipping. (Diggs, Hutson, and Snipes), and then the written work.

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163 pp
Published Date

2019

Publisher
Saga Press
Place Published
New York
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2019 Solomon, Rivers (b. 1989) with Daveed Diggs (b. 1982), William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes. The Deep. New York: Saga Press. 163 pp. Public

The short novel describes the underwater eutopian society that develop when pregnant women were thrown or jumped overboard from slave ships in the middle passage. An “Afterword” by Diggs, Hutson, and Snipes (157-63) explains the evolution of the work from its origins in the techno-electro duo Drexciya and their collaborators, followed by the song “The Deep” by the band clipping. (Diggs, Hutson, and Snipes), and then the written work. Solomon is an African American transgender author who now lives in England. Diggs is an African American actor and musician who won a Grammy and a Tony for his roles as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton. clipping. is a band from Los Angeles.

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Solomon is an African American transgender author who now lives in England (b. 1989). Diggs is an African American actor and musician (b. 1982)  who won a Grammy and a Tony for his roles as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton. clipping. is a band from Los Angeles.

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